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You Want to Start Microdosing Ketamine?

AT WHAT RISK? – Aug. 4, 2023 - If you snort ketamine often, you might damage your nostrils – which can also be permanent. This looks like nose bleeds, a reduced sense of smell, difficulty swallowing, a hoarse ... Read More...

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‘I survived so that I could change the cycle’

AUDIO – BRAVE NEW WORLD – Aug. 3, 2023 - Before entering recovery last year, Jennie cycled in and out of substance use from the time she was in her late teens. When she first started, she had just left her husband, a... Read More...

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Ari Lennox Reveals Where She’s Been

IN A BETTER PLACE – Aug. 4, 2023 - The Grammy-nominated artist is not only known for her uniquely recognizable tone, but also her explosive personality. For years her Instagram Lives were filled with edgy yet h... Read More...

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Jamie Lee Curtis Having Her Most Rewarding Year at 64

VIDEO – TIMELESS SOBRIETY – August 1, 2023 - “There have been many, many, many points when I said ‘I don’t think I’ll ever make another movie again’ … I’ve said it for a long time, because I watched my parents... Read More...

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Woman Uses Orgasms to Control Chronic Pain

ORGANIC RELIEF – July 30, 2023 - Chronic pain has been my daily companion for more than half my life. It started at age 14, and the pain still thrives 16 years later. Within a few months, I could no longer r... Read More...

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Jamie Lee Curtis: ‘If fentanyl was as easily available as it is today on the street, I’d be dead’

SOBRIETY IS GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT – July 30, 2023 - She told PEOPLE: “I was ahead of the curve of the opiate epidemic. I had a 10-year run, stealing, conniving. No one knew. No one. “My sobriety has been the key... Read More...

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Landmark Officials: More people ‘will die as a result of’ state’s decision to shut down facilities

VIDEO – IT’S COMPLICATED – July 31, 2023 - According to staff emails obtained by 16 News Now, Landmark executives say the furlough comes after the company’s Medicaid insurance contracts were canceled. All p... Read More...

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Harm Reduction and Faith Communities

PROGRESS FOR LIVING – Aug. 1, 2023 - Though UCC is known for being one of the more socially progressive churches, the proposal met resistance from those espousing the common misconception that harm reduction e... Read More...

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Singer Ari Lennox: ‘Can’t Imagine Going Back to How Things Were’

TASTING FREEDOM – July 25, 2023 - “Don’t know if sobriety is forever or not but I can’t imagine going back to how things were,” Lennox noted, as she recalled “bad” instances of “passing out in the airport or h... Read More...

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Dennis Quaid Says Faith Saved Him After Addiction

VIDEO – MOVIE STAR SHINES – July 26, 2023 - “I remember going home and having kind of a white light experience that I saw myself either dead or in jail or losing everything I had, and I didn’t want that,” he recall... Read More...

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US Restaurant Celebrates Sobriety

NOT SERVING ANY DUI’s – July 27, 2023 - If anyone had asked if I thought something was missing from my drinks, I certainly wouldn’t have guessed it was the alcohol. This was, of course, a detail created by design. At... Read More...

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Jason Wahler Was In Treatment as His Wife Was Giving Birth in Same Hospital

ALL SOBER NOW – July 26, 2023 - He continued, “To not be able to be present or in the moment to remember one of the greatest memories or moments in your life, is something that, I’ve forgiven myself, but it’s ... Read More...

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Terry Crews Admits Porn Addiction Caused Angry Outbursts Toward Wife And Kids

VIDEO – NOT HIS FAULT? – July 26, 2023 - The couple spoke on the addiction in their 2021 audio memoir Stronger Together about how his negative relationship with porn almost ruined their marriage, which was also addre... Read More...

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Czechoslovakian says “I’ve never felt better” being sober

AND PLAYING HOCKEY – July 20, 2023 - Smid commended Galchenyuk for his bravery while letting his followers know he recently found himself in a similar situation. “Just wanted to comment on Alex Galchenyuk,” Smid w... Read More...

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Woman’s Sobriety Saved Her From Jail

AND A WHOLE LOT WORSE – July 20, 2023 - Geisler was arrested by city police June 8, 2022, after her 3-month-old son was taken to a hospital for breathing problems. Tests showed the baby had somehow ingested co... Read More...

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Mayor Tells Premier: “Build and fund a drug rehab centre.”

OH CANADA! – July 25, 2023 - Morgan, Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis and Coun. Susan Stevenson are asking for other councillors’ support to advocate for a provincial addiction rehabilitation centre in London. ... Read More...

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19 Celebrities Totally Candid About Their Addictions

VIDEO – SHARING THE GOLD – July 23, 2023 - Tom Felton turned to alcohol during the years after the Harry Potter franchise ended and shared that his team held a “painful and humiliating” intervention and suggested he ... Read More...

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Kyle Richards: Sobriety Is A ‘Win-Win’

REAL WINNERS OF 90210 – July 19, 2023 - “Sitting outside reading all your DM’s regarding my last post,” Richards noted. “It seems many of you have similar stories and want to go that route but are unsure how to. We a... Read More...

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Arizona Investigating Treatment Centers

VIDEO – PROFITEERS OUT WEST, AGAIN – July 26, 2023 - Residential homes, short-term rentals, and motels are fair game for unlicensed providers to house victims as long as Medicaid money is coming in, despite offerin... Read More...

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Praxis Landmark Recovery Gets Licenses Revoked

PRESS RELEASE FROM LANDMARK – July 27, 2023 - And earlier this week, a lawsuit was filed by former patients of the Mishawaka facility. The licenses have also been revoked at the company’s Carmel and Fort Wayne loc... Read More...

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How Bachelorette Zac Clark Got Addicted to Heroin

PRESCRIPTIONS RUN OUT – July 21, 2023 - As so often happens, Zac’s surgery to remove the tumor introduced him to strong painkillers (opiates), prescribed by his medical team. Tayshia Adams’ ex-fianacé said the... Read More...

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Doctors Hesitate to Prescribe Suboxone

WTF? – July 21, 2023 - The research, published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, underscores two major challenges: allowing U.S. health care providers to provide addiction medications, and then convincing them to a... Read More...

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Bobby Lee Reveals How Filming With Sarah Jessica Parker Inspired His Sobriety

BEING A TEAM MEMBER – July 25, 2023 - “The 51-year-old soon learned that the driver who picked him up was not taking him to his hotel but directly to set to begin shooting. Lee said he didn’t even know w... Read More...

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“in recovery”? We Need a Better Definition

GETTING BACK SANITY? – July 11, 2023 - It came up with this definition after assembling unidentified “leaders in the behavioral health field, consisting of people in recovery from mental health and substance use prob... Read More...

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‘There is hope’: Speakers Share Stories of Recovery

WONDERFUL AUDIO – July 16, 2023 - Bush, a peer advocate for people in recovery, recounted his “rock bottom” before a crowd at the second Recovery Speaks event at Nick’s Ride 4 Friends in Auburn Saturday. Over 60 pe... Read More...

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Ozempic Could Cure Drug Addiction

CAN YOU SHOVE IT? – July 15, 2023 - Ozempic, the diabetes drug that went viral for its ability to help people lose weight and eat less, is back in the news this week. The EU announced that it would investigate... Read More...

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How Buprenorphine Works to Overcome Opioid Addiction

SOUNDS LIKE A MIRACLE DRUG – July 7, 2023 - The drug works by binding to the same opioid receptors in the brain, activating them less intensely than opioids. Thus buprenorphine decreases the craving for opioid... Read More...

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The Department of Health & Human Services Distributes $47.8 Million For Drugs, For Addiction and Other Facets of Overdose Prevention & Substance Abuse

GOVERNMENTAL FUNDING – July 19, 2023 - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is announcing awards in five grant prog... Read More...

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Kyle Richards Says Sobriety: ‘Never felt better’

AND SO IT IS – July 16, 2023 - And honestly, life is going to throw us some difficult days. I certainly don’t need to be adding any extra ones to that list.” Richards joked that she still does “stupid things” and ... Read More...

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Employee at Landmark Recovery Talks About Drug Use at Facility

VIDEO – STAFF OR CLIENTS? – July 14, 2023 - The employee says he’s been tasked with responsibilities that he is in no way qualified for and weren’t part of the job description, such as full body cavity searches, cari... Read More...

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